Jakarta (ANTARA) - Eight defendants have been sentenced to prison\nterms of four to seven years and six months after being found guilty of\nextortion in the processing of Foreign Worker Utilisation Plan (RPTKA)\npermits at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker) from 2017 to 2025.<\/p>\n
In delivering the verdict at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) of the\nCentral Jakarta District Court on Wednesday, Presiding Judge Lucy\nErmawati ruled that the defendants had extorted Rp130.51 billion from\nRPTKA permit processing agents.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe defendants are hereby declared proven guilty in law and\nconvincing evidence of committing corruption jointly and continuously as\na continued act, as per the first alternative indictment,\u201d stated the\nPresiding Judge.<\/p>\n
The Presiding Judge explained that the eight civil servants (ASN) had\ncoerced employers and RPTKA processing agents submitting applications to\nprovide money or goods, threatening to halt processing if demands were\nunmet. The extortion aimed to enrich the Kemenaker ASN involved.<\/p>\n
The eight defendants include the Director General of Workforce\nPlacement Development and Employment Opportunities (Dirjen Binapenta and\nPKK) at Kemenaker from 2020-2023, Suhartono, sentenced to four years in\nprison.<\/p>\n
Then, Coordinator for PPTKA Eligibility Assessment 2020-2024 and\nDirector of PPTKA at Kemenaker 2024-2025, Devi Angraeni, received a\nfive-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n
Next, three staff members from the Directorate of Foreign Worker\nUtilisation Control (PPTKA) at Dirjen Binapenta and PKK, Kemenaker, from\n2019-2024\u2014Putri Citra Wahyoe, Jamal Shodiqin, and Alfa Eshad\u2014were each\nsentenced to five years and six months in prison.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Head of the Subdirectorate for Maritime and Agriculture\nat Dirjen Binapenta and PKK from 2019-2021, and Coordinator for Foreign\nLabour Analysis and Control at the PPTKA Directorate, Dirjen Binapenta\nand PKK, Kemenaker, from 2021-2025, Gatot Widiartono, was sentenced to\nsix years in prison.<\/p>\n
There is also the Director of PPTKA at Kemenaker from 2017-2019,\nWisnu Pramono, sentenced to six years and six months in prison, along\nwith Dirjen Binapenta and PKK at Kemenaker from 2024-2025 and Director\nof PPTKA at Kemenaker from 2019-2024, Haryanto, sentenced to seven years\nand six months in prison.<\/p>\n
The panel of judges also imposed fines of Rp200 million on Suhartono\nand Devi each, with a subsidiary penalty of 80 days in prison if\nunpaid.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Putri, Jamal, and Alfa each face fines of Rp300 million,\nsubsidiary 100 days in prison, while Wisnu and Gatot each Rp350 million,\nsubsidiary 110 days in prison. Haryanto faces a fine of Rp500 million,\nsubsidiary 140 days in prison.<\/p>\n
Apart from Suhartono, the other seven defendants were also ordered to\npay restitution as compensation for their gains: Devi Rp3.25 billion,\nsubsidiary one year in prison; Alfa Rp5.24 billion, subsidiary one year\nand six months in prison; and Putri Rp6.99 billion, subsidiary two years\nin prison.<\/p>\n
Similarly, Gatot was ordered to pay Rp9.48 billion, subsidiary two\nyears in prison; Jamal Rp23.52 billion, subsidiary two years and six\nmonths in prison; Wisnu Rp23.77 billion, subsidiary three years in\nprison; and Haryanto Rp40.72 billion, subsidiary four years in\nprison.<\/p>\n
For their actions, the defendants were found guilty of violating\nArticle 12e in conjunction with Article 18 of Law No.\u00a031 of 1999 on the\nEradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended and supplemented\nby Law No.\u00a020 of 2001, jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) first jo. Article 64\nparagraph (1) of the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n
The verdict imposed by the panel of judges is lighter than the\nprosecutors\u2019 demands. Previously, the defendants were sought to be\nsentenced to four to nine years and six months in prison.<\/p>\n
In detail, Suhartono was demanded four years; Putri, Jamal, and Alfa\neach six years; Devi six years and six months; Gatot seven years; and\nHaryanto and Wisnu each nine years and six months.<\/p>\n
In addition to prison terms, the eight Kemenaker ASN were also\ndemanded fines: Suhartono Rp150 million, subsidiary 70 days in prison if\nunpaid.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, fines demanded for Devi, Putri, Jamal, and Alfa were each\nRp350 million, subsidiary 110 days in prison.<\/p>\n
For Gatot, a fine of Rp500 million, subsidiary 140 days in prison,\nwhile for Haryanto and Wisnu, each Rp700 million, subsidiary 160 days in\nprison.<\/p>\n
Besides Suhartono, the other seven defendants were also demanded\nadditional penalties in the form of restitution payments of varying\namounts.<\/p>\n
In detail, Haryanto Rp84.72 billion, subsidiary six years in prison;\nWisnu Rp25.2 billion, subsidiary four years in prison; Gatot Rp9.48\nbillion, subsidiary three years in prison; Devi Rp3.25 billion,\nsubsidiary three years in prison; Putri Rp6.39 billion, subsidiary two\nyears in prison; Jamal Rp551.16 million, subsidiary one year in prison;\nand Alfa Rp5.24 billion, subsidiary two years in prison.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/eight-defendants-sentenced-to-4-7-5-years-in-prison-in-foreign-worker-permit-extortion-case-1776873046", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }